Physical description

Set of 19 drawings showing the development of the Melbourne tramway system between 1885 and 1921.



Based on MMTB drawing "Tramway Map of Melbourne & Suburbs" P4609, 18 sheets showing year by year development of the cable and electric tram system, printed on off white paper. Mr. McComb had intended it would appear to do further work - with some 20 sheets printed on brown card paper but not used (.19 - same drawing)



Each sheet has the year in red at the bottom right hand corner of the sheet.



.1 - 1885 - with the Richmond line and main rail lines coloured in showing a catchment area.

.2 - 1886 - shows the new cable line in Collins St and has a note that no suburban line constructed in 1886

.3 - 1887 - Bourke and northern lines and Brighton Beach to Sandringham and Hawthorn to Kew

.4 - 1888 - Swanston St, Domain Road, Chapel and inner circle and towards Hurstbridge.\

.5 - 1889 - Rathdown St and Toorak Road

.6 - 1890 - South and Port Melbourne, North Melbourne and Northcote. Rail lines - Ashburton and parts of the outer circle to Oakleigh.

.7 - 1891 - St Kilda Esplanade and northern section of the outer circle.

.8 - 1906 - NMETL

.9 - 1910 - PMTT - High St and Wattletree Road

.10 - 1911 - PMTT Dandenong Road

.11 - 1913 - Glenferrie Road, Cotham Road, Balaclava and Glenhuntly Road

.12 - 1914 - small extension in High St

.13 - 1915 - Malvern Road and High St Kew

.14 - 1916 - HTT and MBCTT lines and Whitehorse Road

.15 - 1917 - Burke Road

.16 - 1918 - Burke Road north of Camberwell station

.17 - 1920 - FNPTT - St Georges Road and Plenty Road

.18 - 1921 - Footscray lines



.19 - base drawing only.



Does not show the VR tramlines.



See Reg Item 2154 for associated notes.

Inscriptions & markings

See individual sheets.